Job 36:18

36:18 Be careful that ¹  no one entices you with riches;

do not let a large bribe ²  turn you aside.

Job 37:23

37:23 As for the Almighty, ³  we cannot attain to him!

He is great in power,

but justice ⁴  and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

[36:18]  ¹ tn The first expression is idiomatic: the text says, “because wrath lest it entice you” – thus, beware.

[36:18]  ² tn The word is כֹּפֶר (kofer), often translated “ransom,” but frequently in the sense of a bribe.

[37:23]  ³ tn The name “Almighty” is here a casus pendens, isolating the name at the front of the sentence and resuming it with a pronoun.

[37:23]  ⁴ tn The MT places the major disjunctive accent (the atnach) under “power,” indicating that “and justice” as a disjunctive clause starting the second half of the verse (with ESV, NASB, NIV, NLT). Ignoring the Masoretic accent, NRSV has “he is great in power and justice.”